1st Edition

Indonesia and the Indo-Pacific

By Senia Febrica Copyright 2023
208 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines Indonesia’s strategies and policies to influence regional cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, focusing especially on Indonesia’s efforts to be the maritime fulcrum in the Indo-Pacific during President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi) administration from 2014 until the present. Highlighting the importance of Indonesia as the largest country in Southeast Asia and as a founder member of ASEAN,... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

A Note on the Author

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Locating Indonesia in the Literature on the Indo-Pacific

Indonesia’s Perception of Threats

Indonesia and Regional Maritime Security

Outline of This book

1 Domestic Politics and Global Maritime Fulcrum

Indonesia’s Leadership in Maritime Affairs

Indonesia’s Conception of Global Maritime Fulcrum

Domestic Source of Global Maritime Fulcrum

The Rise and Decline of the Global Maritime Fulcrum?

Conclusion

2 Projecting Indonesia’s Vision of Indo-Pacific at ASEAN and Beyond

Indonesia’s Indo-Pacific Concept

Indonesia and the Pacific Ocean Region

Indonesia and the Indian Ocean

Global Pandemic and the War in Ukraine

Conclusion

3 Indonesia and the United States: Improving and Increasing Cooperation

Introduction

Indonesian Government Discourses on U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy

On the QUAD

On AUKUS

Media Representation of U.S. Indo-Pacific Leadership

Conclusion

4 Indonesia-China Relations: A Growing Discontent

Introduction

Indonesian Government Discourse on China’s Influence in the Indo-Pacific Region

Media Representation of China’s Influence in the Indo-Pacific Region

Conclusion

5 Indonesia and Japan Relations in the Indo-Pacific Era

Introduction

Japan Indo-Pacific Leadership and Its Depiction in Indonesian Government Discourse

Maritime Security Cooperation

Infrastructure and Connectivity

Media Representation of Japan’s Leadership in Indo-Pacific

Conclusion

Conclusion

Future work

Index

Biography

Senia Febrica is a Knowledge Exchange Associate, an early career researcher in the One Ocean Hub of the Law School, University of Strathclyde, UK and a Senior Research Fellow (Honorary) in the American Studies Center, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia.